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INSOLE L'INING 0R PAD.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 20. |917.

Patent-ed May 27, 1919.

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A.eenlisation flied feeember 243, 3.917. Serial No. 2,435,632.

To all whom t may conocen:

Be it imown tha L JAMns E. Tosoan, a citizen of the United S'as, residing al; J aineslzown, in the county of Chautauqua and vState of New York, nave invented a new and useful insole Lining oi' ad., of Which the ollowing is a spaziiieation;

It is the obje-et of vide a novei. vlining 'iol' an aiiele of foot Wear, so eonlstiuebed. thai die nails in the sole of tlie article on?. fooi weas will be sovered, novel means being goided wheceliy the lining een be attaened so sole, and the lining being ada-pied "so i'eeeive a pad servi 5 as an ascii. support. t

Figure 3. is seetionai View showing lining in a shoe; l

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of l, the aif'aiele of iootweai, hou'eve', having been omitted, and the View disc-.losing the lining only; 1

Fig. 3 is a Cross section on. the line 3-3 the of Fi'f. l, the article of footwear lie-.ving

been omitted, as aforesaid;

Fig. 4: is a seotional View of an article of footwear ,Wliei'ein ille lining is mounted, Fig. l being siinilail 'so Fig. l, but disclosing a modified forni of the invention;

Fig. 5 is a cross section on the line :3-5 of Fig. 4i, 'die article oi feotwoai: being; omitted.

2 and 8, the numeral 7 denoies a exible tread beueali wliioh'is disposed a supplemental strip 8. "liie st i'ip S pi'eei-- ably is of suoli a length that it erennates adjacent the ball of the foot of the wearer. A longitudinal stitching 9 conne-ets lniie si'ip 8 and the tread 7 ai: the heel portionso these elements, and foiinsieii )le wings 2 in the ii'ead, at the heel end thereof. The ire-ad 7 and the supple; dei si'ip S are united oy side lines of trie stitching, es shown al; l0, these lines of si'iteli'ing terminatingslioi-' oi' the .lieel end o ""'ie Mead 7 and ille strip 8. The lines oi stitching shown at l0 define, bevween slnip 8 and the iead Le pocket., Witwen is open iis forward end, as shown at il. into tins poeliet, a pad lz of any desired .'oin'i may ln Figs. l,

iiis invent-ion io loro be inserted, for ille pupose of supporting the aioli o the foot of the wearer. The forward and of the stitching 9 limits the fear- Weiid inox/*ornent of ihepedl The numeral l: indicates ehe upper of an article o footwear. The tread "Z is placed on the sole of the arbiele of footwear, the

flexible Wings 2 oi'med by the stitching 9y are bent upwardly, securing elements 15 are inserted through the side portions of the supplemental strip 8, into the heel of the article of izootwear, and tlien the Wings are lient downwardly, to cover the seeuiing ele-A niens 15.

fis shown in Figs. tread appears at 16 andvtiie supplemental stiip is shown at i7, these elements being of appioxiniately the saine size. The longiizudinal line o stitching, defining 'die Wings in the `iead i6, ai; the fear end thereof, is denoted by the nuinei'al 1S. The tread i6 and she supplemental strip 17 are united, aiong one side, by .stitching 19, extending across the forward ends of theparts 16 and i?, 'as shown at 20, so as to define a pocket which is open at one side, as shown at 24.

Tini/o the pocket thus formed, may be in-' sorted a pad 25, adapted to suppoit the arch of "die foot of tlie Weaver. '.liie forward end of the smiteiiinoi8 limits the rearward 1nove' 4 and 5, the iiexible ing;` tlie strip and fue tread along,r a longitudinal line lvlnrougliout a portion of their lengili to foi-in Flexible wingsin the tread all the iea'i' end of the lining; means 'for connecting the tread and ine' lining along certain of tlieii' edges to form a poolieeai 'the forward end of the lining and to, form an opening for the poe-liet; and e. pad in'he pocket,

2. A device of the dass desmbe'c,' Go1- s-'l'ucted as se?. forth in claim and further characterized by the fact that the rsbspeied Connecting menus is eonsmucted amd arranged to copcmte with the pad to thereby limit. the rezuwvzu'd movement thsreof.

nv tcstimony that claim the forcgoingmy own have hereto axed my signatme m the presence of two wltuesses.

JAMES F. TOSCAN.

vWitnesses:

ARTHUR H. Urruncou, l/mz'r BARNES. 

